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NOMINEE REID INFORMED; A SMALL PARTY ENJOYS HIS GENEROUS PREPARATIONS. LESS THAN A SCORE OF THE COMMITTEE. OF FORTY-EIGHT PERFORM THEIR MISSION -- MAJOR M'KINLEY AND OTHER EXPECTED GUESTS ABSENT.

Less than a score of the Committee of Fortyeight, one from every State Territory, appointed by the Minneapolis Convention to notiiy Whitelaw Reid of his nomination for Vice President, went to his country place, Ophir Farm, near White Plains, Westoliester County, yesterday, on that mission.View Full Article in Timesmachine »

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